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How to build a hedgehog home
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
The secretive adders who call Gloucestershire home
Gloucestershire is home to a range of wildlife and threatened species from large blue butterflies and water voles, to pine martens and curlews. One endangered species that calls this county home…
How to go peat free at home
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Do One Thing in your home
Do One Thing is a four-year project aiming to help people to take their first step in helping nature and wildlife. Here is a list of simple actions that can help the planet while keeping costs low.
Endangered eels make Gloucestershire classroom their home
Whitminster Primary students will be sharing their classroom with more than 100 eels for the next six weeks.
Escape to the grassland: uncovering the perfect home for the large blue butterfly
Last week we learnt a little about the large blue butterfly’s interesting lifecycle and its important relationship with a certain red ant.
Here we talk about the grasslands where the large…
Do One Thing: Go critter crazy with a mini home for bugs and minibeasts!
Help an insect feel like its as snug as a bug in a rug with a mug, These easy-to-make bug hotels are an easy activity which provide a safe space for insects in your garden or green space.
Help wildlife at home
From building a bug hotel to creating a garden pond, here are some ideas for things you can do yourself at home to help wildlife.
Yellow edged polycera
The UK is home to so many incredible sea slugs, like this elegant nudibranch.
Black redstart
A rare breeder in the UK, this sooty-coloured bird is as at home on an industrial site as it is on a rocky cliff face.
Brown shrimp
The brown shrimp blends perfectly with its seabed home and is found all around the coasts of the UK.